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Sagittarian Matters

Nicole J. Georgessagittarianmatters.podbean.com
The podcast of Nicole J. Georges. Advice, interviews, reviews and rants from a queer, feminist, vegan cartoonist,
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Episodes

Episode #172-YUMI SAKUGAWA: Meditation, Experimentation, Making friends and MORE!!!

We are so lucky to have fellow Sagittarius YUMI SAKUGAWA join us today to discuss meditation, experimentation, capitalism, making friends, relaxing into your practice AND MORE. You can join Yumi for a webinar October 20th called HOW TO TRANSMUTE YOUR CREATIVE BLOCKS AND FEARS INTO POWER AND JOY here: https://www.crowdcast.io/yumisakugawa

Oct 11, 201957 minEp. 132

Episode #171-Nicole & Ponyo's Kidnapping Close Calls!

Today on the show, in honor of the impending HALLOWEEN season, we bring you two stories of close calls. Stories about your loyal host and producer Ponyo almost getting kidnapped!!! If YOU have a scary story for the podcast, please call it in! 971-361-9998. Keep it short short short, leave a message, and we'll post the spookiest ones!

Sep 27, 201920 minEp. 131

Episode #170-DYNASTY HANDBAG!!! Talks tails, Martha Stewart, bad haircuts and MORE

On today's show, Jibz Cameron aka DYNASTY HANDBAG joins us for the second time, with stories stories stories! Find out about the girl with a tail, Martha Stewart the goblin witch, my worst haircut AND MORE. You can find Jibz and Masterpiece Weirdo at DynastyHandbag.com, or support her at patreon.com/dynastyhandbag . You can listen to our episode from the DAY BEFORE the 2016 election here: https://podcasts.apple.com/kn/podcast/episode-41-jibz-cameron-dynasty-handbag-brandie-taylor/id1084188765?i=...

Sep 23, 201946 minEp. 130

Episode #169-FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Today on the show, we talk all things FOOD with cartoonist Liz Prince, queer filmmakers Chris Vargas and Greg Youmans, and friends-to-the-show Beth Pickens (Your Art Will Save Your Life), Morgan (lover of beans), and introducing... Suzanne Longstreth. Things we talk about in this episode: Monty's Goodburger, thyme iced tea, strawberry shakes, prickly pear seltzer, unicorn kisses, Arnold Palmer, Queen of Sheba, berbere spice, tater tot controversy & science, pickle beverage critiques AND MORE...

Sep 13, 201933 minEp. 129

Episode #168-TEAM DRESCH!!! Kaia Wilson & Marceo Martinez!!

Today we are enthused to be joined by Team Dresch members Kaia Wilson and Marceo Martinez! We spoke in a Portland cemetery about ghosts, aging, music, travel and their reunion tour! You can see Team Dresch on the east coast later this month https://www.teamdresch.com/events , or check out their new song My Hands, Your Pockets, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNMipN4Xf84

Sep 06, 201943 minEp. 128

Episode #167-SEXISODE with Dr. Katie Spencer. Plus boundary advice with Morgan!

Today we are graced with sexpert Dr. Katie Spencer to answer your questions about sex after top surgery, long distance dating, sex with a disability, communication and more. PLUS water sports vs your mattress, with drop-in Sagittarius, Becky. AND Friend To The Show Morgan joins us to answer a listener question about making boundaries with challenging family members. All while your faithful host attempts to record an introduction from a haunted hotel having a noisy open mic night! Stay tuned....

Aug 30, 201934 minEp. 127

Episode #166-KITTEN DANGER! with ZARI ESAIAN!! Plus text-processing advice, where to find butches & tempeh salad.

Today on the show we present a RIVETING tale of kitten danger and possible rescue with Cat Club International founder, Zari Esaian. We also complain about complainers, give advice to someone about text processing with old friends, tell you where to find butches in your neighborhood, give a tempeh salad recipe, AND MORE. Welcome back to Sagittarian Matters!!! oday on the show we present a RIVETING tale of kitten danger and possible rescue with Cat Club International founder, Zari Esaian. We also ...

Aug 23, 201946 minEp. 126

Episode #165-MONA TAVAKOLI talks Rock Camp 4 Girls LA!!!!

"Everything makes me more, nothing makes me less." Mona Tavakoli is the co-director of the LA Rock Camp for Girls, a social justice organization dedicated to empowering girls through music. On this episode, we talk about being a mascot, role modeling, and how you can support Rock Camp without being a musician. https://www.monatavakoli.com/about-1 When she is not wearing a pizza beret at Rock Camp, Mona is a touring musician and plays with the bands Raining Jane, Jason Mraz and living legend, Ebi...

Jul 12, 201954 minEp. 125

Episode #161-BETH PICKENS DOES PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, plus ADVICE WITH MORGAN!!!

Today on Sagittarian Matters, friend to the show Beth Pickens and I discuss our queerest obsession, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, in a very special Pride Month edition. PLUS! Fan Favorite Morgan joins me to answer listener advice questions on gender Etiquette, Making Friends as an Adult, Partnership,Finding a job & MORE. Tune in.

Jun 14, 201956 minEp. 121

Episode #160-ARCHIE BONGIOVANNI!!! Sex, They/Them Pronouns, Vibrator Danger & MORE!

On today's episode, we welcome queer cartoonist & sex educator Archie Bongiovanni to the mobile studio to chat about The Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Greasebats, sex toys & advice. "Hitachi Magic Wands want to drag you to hell with them." You can find them on instagram @babywrist, or order their books now at Powells.com

May 31, 201927 minEp. 120

Episode #159-MARIKO TAMAKI! Live In-Conversation at Queers & Comics

Today we talk about writing, community, diva cups, professional practices, astrology and MORE in a very special In-Conversation with Mariko Tamaki (Skim, This One Summer) recorded LIVE at the Queers & Comics Conference in New York. Mariko has a new graphic novel out RIGHT NOW, "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me" (with artist Rosemary Valero-O’Connell) and you should run, don't walk, to get it from your local comics retailer. queersandcomics.com...

May 24, 201938 minEp. 119

Episode #157-ROCCO KAYIATOS!!! Camp Lost Boys! OP Magazine! Trans Dating Advice & MORE!!!

Today we welcome back Friend-to-the-Show Rocco Kayiatos to answer some advice questions about transness, dating, and to chat about his new project, Camp Lost Boys, a summer camp for and by men of trans experience. Along the way we review chaga-cinnos, talk about cadaver dogs, Ponyo chimes in, we talk about how to approach people with constructive criticism, AND MORE. Find Rocco at RoccoKayiatos.com, and use offer code CLBFRIEND at CampLostBoys.org for $25 OFF at sign-up!

May 10, 201942 minEp. 117

Episode #155-KOREANGRY!!! Art, rage, & puppets with EUNSOO JEONG!!

Inspired by frustration and rage after the 2016 election, Koreangry is the comic of artist and animator Eunsoo Jeong. In this photographic comic of hand-built dioramas with a unibrowed rage-a-colic doll in the center, Jeong tackles sexism, racism, immigration, work, depression, families and MORE. Eunsoo joined us in the Sagittarian Matters studios to talk about her comic, her process, her rage and everything in between. If you aren't following her yet on instagram, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR: @koreangr...

Apr 19, 201929 minEp. 115

Episode #154-CHICKPEA ICE CREAM & ARTIST ADVICE! with Morgan & BETH PICKENS!!

Today on the show, fan favorite MORGAN joins us to taste CHICKPEA ICE CREAM at Little Bean in Portland, Oregon. Then, Friend-to-the-Show BETH PICKENS jumps in the mix to help an artist who is having an emergency as their artist residency. Find Little Bean at littlebean.com , and Beth Pickens at bethpickens.com or buy her book, Your Art Will Save Your Life, from Feminist Press.

Apr 12, 201921 minEp. 114

Episode #152-PONY SWEAT!!! Emilia Richeson & CJ Miller talk PUNK DANCE AEROBICS

Join us for a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters where we talk about punk, dancing, homorobics, physical exercise, learning to accept and inhabit our bodies, start our own punk movement practices, cheerleading and MORE with very special guests, Emilia and CJ from PONYSWEAT!!! "Fuckin everybody else can have the gym and they can have all the other shit, but aerobics is for us." ponysweataerobics.com NJG (I) highly recommend/s you listen to the episode until the end, because my guests dro...

Mar 29, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 112

Episode #149-BETH PICKENS Art, Advice, Crying, Pets & Grief!

Today on Sagittarian Matters, we talk about art, making art during depression, pets, saying goodbye, supporting friends through grief and MORE with frequent contributor BETH PICKENS. Plus! In a Sagittarian Matters first, both host and guest openly cry at the same time. Don't skip it!

Mar 01, 201937 minEp. 109

Episode #147-YASMINE DIAZ & AKINA COX!!! Talking about secrets, estrangement, cults, religion, zines & MORE.

Today we are over the moon to welcome artists Yasmine Diaz & Akina Cox to the show on the occasion of their new zine, "Sleepwalking Towards the Exit". We talk about religion, estrangement, cults, representation, insular conservative communities, safety, imposter syndrome and MORE! You can hear them read THIS SUNDAY at Other Books in Boyle Heights ( otherbooksla.com ) , or order their zine: https://franklinpress.bigcartel.com/product/sleepwalking-towards-the-exit Find them on instagram: @yasm...

Feb 15, 201951 minEp. 107

Episode #146-BETH PICKENS gives ADVICE on making art during grief, while getting an MFA, applying for grants & MORE!!

We are delighted to welcome back Tier 1 Friend-to-the-Show BETH PICKENS, author of "Your Art Will Save Your Life", to answer listener questions on what to do if you are disgruntled with your MFA Program, how to make art during grief, how to support grieving friends, applying for grants and MORE. Bonus: Beth lets us in on her controversial system of putting her friends into tiers, including the dreaded "Acquaintance Radius". You will not want to miss this!!

Feb 01, 201938 minEp. 106

Episode #145-ALISON BECHDEL discusses family, memoir, grief & more.

Today on the podcast, we welcome Alison Bechdel back to the show! Alison is the author of Fun Home, Are You My Mother? and Dykes to Watch Out For. She joined NJG to discuss family, memoir, grief, social media, and MORE. You can find an illustrated excerpt of this interview in the Nib's Family Issue. https://membership.thenib.com/

Jan 25, 201935 minEp. 105

Episode #143-LAGUSTA YEARWOOD! Recipes, Annoying Vegans, Advice & MORE.

Today on the Splendid Sagittarian Table, we welcome LAGUSTA “Umami” YEARWOOD back to the show in honor of NJG’s 22nd vegan anniversary to talk about…. VEGAN FOOD. We give recipes, talk vegan travel, etiquette around shade and unsolicited advice, our favorite restaurants in NY, Portland, LA, advice about knives, miso, fermented foods AND MORE. Enjoy. You can find lagusta at lagustasluscious.com , and use the code SAGITTARIAN for 10% off!!! p.s. Go to vegetariancalculator.com or vegancalculator.co...

Jan 11, 20191 hr 6 minEp. 103
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